8.12.20
In 2016, 16 Inner London Boroughs including Camden were sent FOI requests to find out their experience of overage in contracts. The standard wording sent to them was -
" Please provide me with details of and the current status for all cases in the last 12 years where the Council has sold land to a private developer and included an Overage agreement under which the Council would share in any profit made by the developer. I would prefer your response to be by email".
Correspondence can be found on the sub-pages to this page.
Here is an attempt at a summary of the replies-
Refusal on grounds of the cost of researching the issue:
Camden
Hammersmith and Fulham
Kensington and Chelsea
Lambeth
Lewisham
Wandsworth
Detailed response addressing the enquiry:
Barnet
Brent
Greenwich
Harringey
Westminster
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Response, not detailed due to commercial confidentiality
Hackney
No Overage clauses in contracts during that time:
City of London
Islington